The ramifications of such rumors could be serious in Guyana, Mr. Amin said, since the country still has laws against sodomy that could be punishable by life in prison, even if they are rarely enforced.

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Origin and Etymology of sodomy

Middle English, from Anglo-French sodomie, from Late Latin Sodoma Sodom; from the homosexual proclivities of the men of the city in Genesis 19:1–11

medical
Definition of sodomy

sodomist

Law Dictionary

sodomy

legal
Definition of sodomy

: the crime of oral or anal sexual contact or penetration between persons or of sexual intercourse between a person and an animal;
especially: the crime of forcing another person to perform oral or anal sex